The costs and benefits of resistance and tolerance behaviors against Varroa mite (Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman) in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)

Managed honey bee colonies face severe winter losses in northern climates. In my studies, interactions between genotypes of bees (genetically selected stock and unselected stock) with different levels of resistance and tolerance to varroa mites were assessed under a variety of treatment combinations...

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Main Author: Bahreini, Rassol
Other Authors: Currie, Robert (Entomology)
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30115